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V7 Word Basic Terms
These words cover Formatting, Alignment, Tables, and Graphics in Word 2010.
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12th Grade
04/26/2012

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Word Processing
Definition
Common application type (such as Microsoft Word 2010) that allows a user to type letters, reports, and other professional looking documents.
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Show/Hide feature
Definition
The name of the MS Word 2010 feature that offers an optional display showing symbols indicating a tab, space or use of the Enter key.
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Status bar
Definition
The bar near the bottom of the MS Word application that contains the zoom slider and shows the progress of current tasks and allows control of the document viewing.
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Zoom Slider
Definition
The item on the status bar that enables the user to increase or decrease the size of content in the Word 2010 window.
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Enter Key
Definition
The key(s) used to begin a new paragraph in MS Word 2010.
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CTRL + End
Definition
The key(s) used to move quickly to the bottom of a document.
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Mini Toolbar
Definition
The following automatically appears based on tasks you perform, and contains commands related to changing the appearance of text in a document.
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Dialog Box Launcher
Definition
Located in the lower-right corner of the ribbon groups, this small arrow when clicked displays a dialog box or a task pane with additional options for the group.
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Ribbon
Definition
The control center located below the title bar at the top of the Word 2010 window .
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Scroll
Definition
The bar that is used to navigate and display the various areas of a document.
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Split
Definition
The command that is used to split a document into two panes so that different parts of the document can be viewed at the same time.
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Document window
Definition
The area used to view portions of a document on the screen.
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Watermark
Definition
A graphic that appears behind text.
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Borders
Definition
The lines drawn to visually frame documents, tables or cells in a Microsoft Word 2010 document.
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Page Layout
Definition
The ribbon is used to effect the page background of a document and also allows a user to change a document theme in order to convey a different look and feel.
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Scaling
Definition
Resizing a graphical image.
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SmartArt
Definition
The feature allows you to create graphical lists and process diagrams easily and quickly.
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Home Ribbon
Definition
Contains commands to adjust paragraph and line spacing in a document.
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Alignment
Definition
The way in which a paragraph lines up horizontally between the paper edges of a document (Justified Alignment = text aligned with both the left and right margins)
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Header/Footer
Definition
Items can be added at the very bottom of a page (footer) or the very top of the page (Header) in a document.
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Table
Definition
The Microsoft Word 2010 feature allows users to have lists of information in horizontal rows and vertical columns. (Select the part of a table by using the mouse pointer and clicking the table border!!!)
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Table Handle
Definition
Used to select the entire table (click and move the handle to select the entire table).
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Tab Key
Definition
Can be used just like the arrow keys and mouse pointer to move around in a table.
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Sorting
Definition
Arranging the information in a table (alphabetical is an option).
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Table Column
Definition
The vertical portions of a table (change the width of a table column by dragging its border to adjust).
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Table Row
Definition
The horizontal portion of a table (row height can be changed by dragging the row border to adjust the width).
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Insert Ribbon
Definition
The ribbon used to add headers, footers, and contains the text group needed for application of desktop publishing features in Word 2010.
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WordArt
Definition
The feature that is used for applying visually dramatic formatting to text and creating text that is considered a graphical object. (Note: The Insert Ribbon contains the WordArt objects)
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Help
Definition
Microsoft menus accessed by clicking F1 or the help button located in the upper right corner of the application window.
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Tab
Definition
The thing you click to switch from one ribbon to another in Word 2010 (it contains the name of the ribbons).
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